Argue

Definition - Verb
1  : to give reasons for or against a matter in dispute <arguing for an extension>
2  : to present a case in court <will ~ for the defense>
1 a  : to give reasons for or against <argued the issue before the judge>
b  : to prove or try to prove by giving reasons or evidence <will ~ invasion of privacy>
2  : to present in court <lawyers in court filing briefs and arguing appeals ­Rorie Sherman>



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writ of error coram nobis

a writ calling the attention of the trial court to facts which do not appear on the record despite the exercise of reasonable diligence by the defendant and which if known and established at the time a judgment was rendered would have resulted in a different judgment


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